Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/sched/sch_sfq.c b/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
index 60d47180f04..02a21abea65 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
@@ -469,11 +469,15 @@ enqueue:
 	if (slot->qlen == 1) {		/* The flow is new */
 		if (q->tail == NULL) {	/* It is the first flow */
 			slot->next = x;
-			q->tail = slot;
 		} else {
 			slot->next = q->tail->next;
 			q->tail->next = x;
 		}
+		/* We put this flow at the end of our flow list.
+		 * This might sound unfair for a new flow to wait after old ones,
+		 * but we could endup servicing new flows only, and freeze old ones.
+		 */
+		q->tail = slot;
 		/* We could use a bigger initial quantum for new flows */
 		slot->allot = q->scaled_quantum;
 	}